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Songtradr’s ‘SmartMusic’ Is Merging AI and Neuroscience To Identify Music That Drives Results for Brands

June 1, 2023

While music typically represents a small percentage of advertising budgets, Songtradr says it has the data to prove that smartly prioritizing music triggers big wins. Now, the company is trotting out research... Read More...

AI Music Tagging Platform Cyanite Acquires Aptone, Plans To Build a ‘Universal Intelligence That Understands, Indexes and Recommends the World’s Music’

Dylan Smith

May 31, 2023

Cologne, Germany. Photo Credit: Roman Bürki Self-described artificial intelligence “music tagging and search firm” Cyanite has announced the acquisition of Aptone, an AI-powered sample classification platform... Read More...

Grimes, Sam Altman of OpenAI & Hundreds More Warn of ‘Risk of Extinction from AI’

Ashley King

May 30, 2023

Photo Credit: Eric Krull As tech companies continue to pursue advances in artificial intelligence, yet another attention-grabbing AI intervention policy emerges, with many signatures from tech company scienti... Read More...

Singaporean Singer Stefanie Sun’s Career Hijacked By AI — “My AI Persona Is the Current Hot Property”

Ashley King

May 30, 2023

Photo Credit: 我是CK不是CK Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun's voice has taken off in China. The only problem is the songs are AI-generated fakes. The release of her debut album Yan Zi in 2000 helped Sun become a... Read More...

TikTok Confirms Testing AI Chatbot ‘Tako’ in the Philippines

Ashley King

May 26, 2023

Photo Credit: TikTok screenshot from Watchful.ai TikTok confirms testing its own AI chatbot, 'Tako,' currently in limited testing with select users in the Philippines. Artificially intelligent chatbots l... Read More...

Sam Altman OpenAI CEO says his company will leave the EU over strict regulations

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave EU Over AI Regulations

Ashley King

May 25, 2023

Photo Credit: Jonathan Kemper OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his company may leave Europe if regulations surrounding AI become too stifling. The European Union is currently considering the first set of rules to ... Read More...

AI Music Platform DAACI Acquires WiSL and Triller’s MXX, Aims to Build ‘The Ultimate Creative AI Ecosystem’

Dylan Smith

May 24, 2023

(l to r) MXX CEO of client services/Triller VP of product and engineering Ben Reid, DAACI head Rachel Lyske, and WiSL CEO Julian Goodkind. Photo Credit: DAACI Another day, another AI music play – or two plays... Read More...

Ice Cube Says AI Music is ‘Demonic’ — And Plans to Sue Anyone Misusing His Voice

Ashley King

May 23, 2023

Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 2.0 AI-generated music has caused quite a stir in the music industry, especially after the Drake/The Weeknd mashup went viral on TikTok. Now musicians are weighing in. Grime... Read More...

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em: Universal Music Group Partners With ‘Sound Wellness’ App Endel to Create Songs Using ‘Ethical AI’

Dylan Smith

May 23, 2023

Photo Credit: Tony Webster / CC by 3.0 Even as a growing number of unauthorized artificial intelligence tracks are debuting – while non-infringing AI releases also continue to pour onto streaming services in ... Read More...

Spotify Is Generating AI Versions of Its Popular Podcast Hosts For Targeted Advertising

Ashley King

May 23, 2023

Photo Credit: Austin Distel Spotify is developing AI versions of its popular podcast hosts to read ads for now—but is that the limit? Likely not. Bill Simmons, founder of the podcast network The Ringer, shar... Read More...

Sean Penn comments on WGA writers strike

Sean Penn Derides the “Human Obscenity” of AI Amid WGA Strike

Ashley King

May 19, 2023

Photo Credit: Jengod / CC by 4.0 Sean Penn has derided the proliferation of AI in writing, making comments that place him in solidarity with the striking writers of the Writers Guild of America (WGA). "The ... Read More...

ASCAP and BMI Form Joint Task Force Targeting ‘Suspicious Registrations’ Amid An ‘Explosion of Music Being Uploaded to Digital Platforms’

Dylan Smith

May 19, 2023

With AI tracks debuting in droves, performance rights organizations (PROs) ASCAP and BMI have established “a joint task force” designed “to address suspicious registrations associated with musical works acros... Read More...